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TIDBITS® SAYS HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOJULY BABIES

by Kathy Wolfe

If you have a July birthday, you have that in common with all of the following individuals. Tidbits brings you a few lesser-known details about these famous folks.

• Austria-born celebrity chef WolfgangPuck learned to cook from his mother, a part-time pastry chef. After immigrating to America at age 25, he worked two years in Indianapolis before becoming a chef in Los Angeles. His first cookbook was published when he was 33. Puck’s first Spago restaurant opened on the Sunset Strip the following year. He now has 19 restaurants. The Beverly Hills Spago has been on the list of the Top 40 restaurants in the United States since 2004. Puck cites macaroons as his absolute favorite food. Had he not chosen his current profession, he says he would have liked to have been

an artist. • AlthoughGingerRogersismostfamous

for her movie roles as Fred Astaire’s dancing partner, she only appeared with him in 10 out of her 73 films. Born Virginia McMath, it was her ambition to become a schoolteacher, but at 19, she became a Hollywood star almost overnight. At age 60, she still had her high heels on, dancing the Charleston on an episode of close

friend Lucille Ball’s sitcom.turn the page for more!

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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) A misunderstand-ing tests the temperament of the sometimes headstrong Aries. Instead of blowing your top, take time for a pleasant diversion while things cool down.TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) A workplace prob-lem could make the divine Bovine see red. But talk it out before you consider walking out. Some surprising facts emerge that change your earlier focus. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You face a choice be-tween ignoring your uneasy feelings about your re-lationship with that special person and demanding explanations. A close friend offers wise counsel. CANCER (June 21 to July 22) A change you’d been hoping for carries an unexpected complication. Stay the course, and things will work themselves out. Be sure to make time for family and friends.LEO (July 23 to August 22) Aspects favor spend-ing time with loved ones. On the job, new ideas are generally welcomed. But some demands for changes could cause problems. Be ready to defend your choices.VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Good news: That workplace problem is close to being resolved with results that should please everyone. Take time off to indulge your love of fun and games.LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Most of the time you are the most unflappable person around. But be ready to be thrown off-balance in the nicest way when Cupid takes aim in your direction.SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) It’s not often when someone tries to “sting” the sharp-witted Scorpion. But it can happen. Continue to be skeptical about anything that seems too good to be true.SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Your strong sense of self-esteem helps you serve as a role model for someone who needs personal reassurances. Your efforts pay off in an unexpected way. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Some-one close considers revealing a painful secret. Withhold judgment. Instead, open your generous heart, and offer dollops of your love and under-standing.AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Your talents as a peacemaker are called upon once more as an old problem re-emerges with new complica-tions. Move cautiously in order to avoid falling into hidden traps.PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Your artistic side is enhanced with the reception given to your new project. Use this success as encouragement toward fulfilling your larger goals.BORN THIS WEEK: Your natural sense of leader-ship is combined with a deep sense of responsibil-ity. People trust you to give them both guidance and understanding.

1. GEOGRAPHY: Where is the U.S. Naval Academy located?2. PERSONALITIES: Who was Fulton John Sheen, famous for his radio and TV broadcasts?3. LANGUAGE: What is the plural of “quantum”?4. TELEVISION: What is the name of the city in the long-running soap opera “All My Children”?5. LITERATURE: Who wrote the novel “The Jungle,” a book that detailed abuses in the U.S. meat-packing industry?6. MUSIC: What rock group recorded the song “Layla”?7. ROYALTY: Which English king convened the so-called Long Parliament in 1640?8. COMICS: What was the name of Superman’s super-dog?9. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What was the first name of the pirate known as Captain Kidd?10. HISTORY: What year was Malcolm X assassinated?

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(Longmont,CO) Like Woody, Buzz Lightyear and Slinky Dog, countless quality, name brand toys are sitting around area homes no longer being used or played with. But, there are just as many local homes, with younger children, who would be more than happy to give a gently-used toy a treasured place in their toy boxes. Just Between Friends (JBF) will be an important part of tens of thousands of new toy stories this fall.

“Many parents feel they cannot afford name brand toys that are made to last because they cost more,” said Laura Staggs, owner of the Just Between Friends HUGE Kids’ Sale in Longmont for the past 10 years. “However, Longmont-area parents are embracing Just Between Friends because they can find exceptional bargains on the hot items their children want and need. In addition, they are helping other local families who are recycling unused and outgrown items from their growing families.”

The beauty of JBF consignment events is that we inspire families to take a good look at their homes twice each year and to recycle and repurpose those items which no longer have a use in that family, but still have significant value and life left in them for a second home. JBF offers families a convenient alternative that puts money in their pockets and increases the useful lifespan of countless children’s items every season.

Consignors (sellers) can make up to 75% on each sold item and Just Between Friends offers the opportunity to sell toys, clothing, baby equipment, outdoor playground toys, books, DVDs and pretty much anything that has to do with raising children. Volunteers, who run every aspect of each event, shop the sale before the public.

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JULY BABIES (continued):• Original“SaturdayNight Live” castmember

Dan Aykroyd was born and raised in Ottawa, Canada, the son of a policy adviser to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Aykroyd was born with not one, but two interesting physical conditions — syndactyly (webbed toes) and heterochromia, meaning his eyes are different colors.

• WillFerrellismorethanjustafunnyguy,heis also a marathon runner, having competed inseveralmajorraces,includingBostonandNewYork. After serving as his high schoolfootball team’s kicker and working part-time as a bank teller, he went on to study Sports Broadcasting at USC. Ferrell’s father was a backup musician for The Righteous Brothers.

•Turning 94 thismonth hasn’t sloweddowncomedienne Phyllis Diller, who still appears occasionally on television. Although known for her wild hairdos, outlandish costumes and cackling laugh, she is also an accomplished pianist and painter. During World War II, Diller spent her days as a housewife and mother, doing advertising copywriting on the side while her husband worked at a B-24 bomber plant. She makes no attempts to conceal the fact that she’s had at least 15 plastic surgery procedures.

• Itwasn’tLisaKudrow’sfirstchoicetogointo the entertainment industry. Kudrow, of“Friends”fame,intendedtojoinher

physician father in the medical field. After receiving her degree in biology from Vassar, she did research on the cause of headaches

for eight years. Her brother’s childhood friend, comedian Jon Lovitz, convinced

her to give comedy a try, and in 2005, she became the highest-paid television actress ofalltime,alongwithher“friends”Jennifer

Aniston and Courteney Cox, earning $1 million per episode of the popular sitcom.

JULY BABIES (continued):• Twofigure-skatingOlympicchampions

are having their birthday this month. Dorothy Hamill was the ladies’ singles gold medal winner in 1976. Overnight she became “America’s Sweetheart,”with females across the nation copying her bobbed hairstyle. The Dorothy Hamill doll was introduced shortly afterward. In recent years, she has penned two autobiographies and has survived breast cancer. Kristi Yamaguchi took the Olympic gold in 1992, turning professional immediately afterward. It was at these Olympics that she met her husband, who was a member of the Olympic hockey team. Yamaguchi’s mother was born in a Japanese internment camp where her grandparents had been sent during World War II. Yamaguchi was thecelebritywinnerof“Dancingwith the Stars” in its sixth season.

• Richard Starkey turns 71 thismonth.If you don’t recognize the name, you may have followed his career as Ringo Starr, the drummer for the Beatles from 1962 to 1970. Starr wasn’t the Beatles’ first choice for their percussionist. He was already playing in Liverpool with the band Rory Storm and the Hurricanes, while Pete Best was drumming for the Beatles. Starr was very ill for much of his childhood and spent two years in a sanatorium recovering from pleurisy. If you’re a fan of Thomas the Tank Engine, you’ve heard Starr narrating the character’s first two series on children’s television. •JulybabyDonaldRumsfeldserved

as Secretary of Defense under two differentU.S.presidents,GeraldFordandGeorgeW.Bush.It’snoteworthy

that while attending Princeton University as a young man, his

roommate was Frank Carlucci, who also went on to serve as Secretary of Defense under Ronald Reagan.

DEAR PAW’S CORNER: My pot-bellied pigs, “Penny” and “Norman,” again lost their hair very early this spring, when it was still very cold. Their skin was extremely itchy and very cracked and dry-looking. I contacted many vets, Humane Societies and others concerning this never-ending issue. Many told me that hair loss in pot-bellied pigs is normal, and there was nothing I could do. That was not good enough for me.Now I think I found something that is helping. I’ve been adding safflower oil in with their food pellets -- about a tablespoon each feeding. They have not grown back any hair, since I just started this about three weeks ago. But I can tell they don’t look as dry and they’re not scratching as much. I give safflower oil to my dogs and cats during the winter while our wood stove is

operating, as they tend to get dry, flaky skin. The oil makes their fur very shiny. So I thought I would try it on my piggies. I hope this will help others who are going through this. Good luck! -- Diane at Little Moose Farm

DEAR DIANE: Skin problems and hair loss in pot-bellied pigs is indeed very common, but troubling for owners. Pot-bellied pigs can “blow their coats” routinely after reaching about two years of age, and their skin can be dry during the period before their hair grows back. However, other problems can sometimes cause hair loss and dry, cracked skin as well, so it’s always good to check with the vet when hair loss occurs.Many experts recommend adding a cod liver oil or fish oil supplement to the pigs’ food, and safflower oil may be a good alternative as well. This can help improve their dry skin while waiting for their coats to regrow.

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JULY BABIES (continued):• J.K. Rowling penned the first book of the

Harry Potter series as a single mom living on welfare. Within five years, she was a millionaire. She conceived the idea of the boy wizard while sitting through a four-hour train delay back in 1990. Seven books and 4,195 pages later, Forbes magazine estimates her net worth in excess of $1 billion. The series has been translated into 65 languages.

• Remembered for her extravagant collectionof 2,700 pairs of shoes, former first lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos is a former Miss Philippines. To put her shoes in a mathematical equation, if she were to change her shoes three times a day, never putting on the same pair twice, it would take upwards of two years and five months to wear them all. She and her husband Ferdinand plundered millions of dollars of the country’s wealth during their 21-year tenure.

•WalterPayton,oneoftheNFL’smostincrediblerunning backs, played his entire pro football career with the Chicago Bears, shattering league records left and right. His father, a factory worker, had played semi-pro baseball for a time. Payton spent his early high school years playing drums in the school marching band, singing in the choir and as a member of the track team. During his NFL career,he enjoyed playing practical jokes on hisfellow Bears and was known to run to the locker room after a game and lock the door, leaving his teammates standing in the cold as he took a long, hot shower. During pileups on the field, it wasn’t uncommon for him to untie the refs’ shoelaces. Off the field, he loved to cook and play chess and was an accomplished dancer. Sadly, he contracted a rare liver disease, which progressed into bile duct cancer and claimed his life at age 45.

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• The Edmonton-born Foxmoved severaltimes as a child, the result of his father’s military career, finally settling in British Columbia. As a 15-year-old, he made his actingdebut in a Canadian sitcom,“LeoandMe.”Ashedevotedmoretimetohispassion for acting, his schoolwork was neglected and before long, he was flunking nearly every class. He made the decision to drop out of high school to pursue his career, somethinghenowcallsa“stupidyouthfulmistake.”Hissocialstudiesteacheradvisedhim, “You’re making a big mistake, Fox.Youwon’tbe cute forever.” Foxachievedhis GED 15 years after dropping out.

• At18,FoxmovedtoLosAngeles.Itwasn’tan easy road as he struggled to make a name for himself, and he lived on macaroni and cheese for months. He had sold all his furniture to survive shortly before landing his breakout role as Alex P. Keaton on TV’s “Family Ties” at age 21. Over the series’seven-year run, he collected three Emmy Awards. In the midst of the sitcom, he took on the role of time-traveling teen Marty McFlyin“BacktotheFuture,”ahugebox-office hit, followed up by two sequels.

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1. Entering 2011, name the last pitcher to toss a no-hitter for the Seattle Mariners.2. Who was the last player to have at least 50 stolen bases and 100 RBI in the same season?

3. Who holds the NCAA Division I record for most consecutive games intercepting a pass?4. When was the last time the Philadelphia 76ers had a player average at least 20 points per game for a full season?5. How many 200-point seasons did Wayne Gretzky have in his NHL career, and when was his last one?6. Danica Patrick finished fourth in a NASCAR Nationwide race in 2011, the highest finish by a female driver in a national NASCAR race since when?7. In 2010, Serbia became only the second un-seeded nation to win tennis’ Davis Cup. Name the first country to do it.

MICHAEL J. FOX (continued):• It was during the filming of “DocHollywood”in1991thatFoxfirstnoticedan incontrollable twitching in his finger. Shortly afterward, he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, a condition he chosetokeepsecret.Onthesetof“SpinCity” he often kept his left hand in hispocket. This degenerative neurological disorder affects one in 100 people over age 60. Fox was 29. Those with the disease experience tremors, balance problems, slowness, reduced facial expression and an inability to direct their movements.

•Foxwentpublicin1998andunderwentathalamotomy, a procedure that surgically destroys a portion of the brain’s thalamus, effective in dramatically reducing tremors. In 2000, as his symptoms became worse, he announced his departure from “Spin City.” He established TheMichael J. Fox Foundation, devoted to research for a cure for Parkinson’s. He continues to take limited short-term acting roles, as well as providing voices for a variety of popular children’s films.

• Fox has added best-selling author tohis list of accomplishments with the publication of“LuckyMan,” followed by“Always Looking Up: The Adventuresof an Incurable Optimist.” Hemaintainsthat staying upbeat is the key to fighting hisdiseaseandjokesaboutbrushinghisteeth, saying it’s“like having an electrictoothbrush without the battery.” Inhis words, “There’s always failure. Andthere’s always disappointment. And there’s always loss. But the secret is learning from the loss and realizing that noneof thoseholesarevacuums.”Timemagazine has placed him on their list of 100 people“whose power, talent ormoralexampleistransformingtheworld.”

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¥ On Aug. 4, 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden are found hacked to death in their Fall River, Mass., home. Daughter Lizzie, later immor-talized in a famous rhyme, was arrested and charged with the double homicide. Taken with her Christian persona, the all-male jury acquitted her. Today, the house where the Borden murders occurred is a bed and breakfast.

¥ On Aug. 5, 1914, the world’s first electric traffic signal is put into place on the corner of Euclid Avenue and East 105th Street in Cleveland. It consisted of four pairs of red and green lights that served as stop-go indi-cators, each mounted on a corner post.

¥ On Aug. 6, 1928, Andy Warhol, one of the most influential artists of the latter part of the 20th century, is born in Pennsylvania. He took literally the advice of an art teacher who said he should paint the things he liked. He liked ordinary things, such as comic strips, canned soup and soft drinks, and so he painted them.

¥ On Aug. 2, 1939, Wes Craven, the man responsible for terrorizing millions of mov-iegoers with his “Nightmare on Elm Street” series, is born in Cleveland. Craven began his directing career with 1972’s “The Last House on the Left,” a violent teen horror film.

¥ On Aug. 7, 1947, Kon-Tiki, a balsa wood raft captained by Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl, completes a 4,300-mile, 101-day journey from Peru to Raroia in the Tuamotu Archipelago, near Tahiti. Heyerdahl wanted to prove his theory that prehistoric South Americans could have colonized the Polynesian islands by drifting on ocean cur-rents.

¥ On Aug. 3, 1958, the U.S. nuclear subma-rine Nautilus accomplishes the first undersea voyage to the geographic North Pole. USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear submarine, dived at Point Barrow, Alaska, and traveled nearly 1,000 miles under the Arctic ice cap to reach the top of the world.

¥ On Aug. 1, 1966, Charles Whitman takes a stockpile of guns and ammunition to the observatory platform atop a 300-foot tower at the University of Texas and proceeds to shoot 46 people, killing 14 and wounding 31.

CANADIANCELEBRITIESMany talented individuals call Canada

home. You’re probably not aware of how many familiar faces are natives of “upnorth.”Let’s takea lookat justa few.

•RickMoranisplayedanuttyscientistwhoshrunk his kids in the 1989 Disney film,then“blewup”thekidsinthe1992sequel.Born in Toronto, Moranis worked at several local radio stations before branching out into movies. He retired from films in 1997 to devote time to being a single father following the death of his wife from liver cancer.

•Montrealwas the birthplace of themanweknowasCaptainJamesT.Kirkof“StarTrek” fame. William Shatner was trainedas a Shakespearean actor, with regular performances at Ontario’s Stratford Festival of Canada. He hit the big screen at age 20 inaCanadian filmcalled“TheButler’sNight Off” and moved into televisionthree years later at age 23 as Ranger Bob on “The Canadian Howdy DoodyShow.” Hemade his debut as captain ofthe U.S.S. Enterprise in 1966 at age 35.

• Ontario-born Rachel McAdams, star of“TheNotebook” and“TheTimeTraveler’sWife,”isthedaughterofatruckdriveranda nurse. She first excelled in figure skating competitions. As a teenager, she was acting in summer Shakespearean productions and working at McDonald’s. She was a topchoiceforthe“Bondgirl” inthe2006film“Casino Royale” but turned it down.

• British Columbia croonerMichael Bublelonged to be a professional hockey player for the Vancouver Canucks but didn’t believe he had the ability. Instead, he worked six summers as a youth as a commercial fisherman. Regularly compared to Frank Sinatra, Buble has sold more than 25 million albums worldwide.

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I’m sure you are tired of us always preaching about buy locally but it really is so impor-tant to our economic well being. So far this year Boulder County has lost hundreds of jobs. Info-print moved their headquarters out of the area and we lost hundreds of jobs. They actually won’t report how many but rumor has it at around 400. Amgen has announced their layoffs and it totaled about 130 here in Boulder County. Now just last week Cisco has announced that they will be laying off between 3,000 and 4,000 people nationwide. It’s not known how many of those will be Colorado jobs but it’s about 10% of their workforce and the Colorado facility in Boulder County has several thousand workers. So it’s safe to assume we are going to lose several hundred more jobs right here close to home.

All of this has and is occurring while at the same time the government and Wall Street are telling us that things are slowly getting better. They can’t even tell the truth about what is obvious. Now if they said things are getting worse at a slower pace that would be more truth-ful and I could agree with that.

We must do our part to keep this country strong and viable and just like with charity, it all begins right here at home. Please read the labels and try to buy “made in the USA”.

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¥ It was 20th-century U.S. Attorney General and Su-preme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson who made the following sage observation: “The price of freedom of religion or of speech or of the press is that we must put up with, and even pay for, a good deal of rubbish.”

¥ It’s common knowledge that Microsoft founder Bill Gates is regularly ranked as one of the world’s wealthi-est people, but you might not realize that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is the world’s wealthiest charitable organization, with an endowment of $36.7 billion.

¥ If you’re planning a trip to Iowa anytime soon, you might want to schedule a stop in the town of Walcott. There you can visit the Iowa 80 Truckstop, the world’s largest. With a whopping 220 acres, the truck stop is 1.5 times the size of Disneyland.

¥ In a traditional Hungarian wedding ceremony, the bride wears a headdress made of woven wheat, thought to help ensure the couple’s fertility.

¥ Historians say that famed German composer Ludwig van Beethoven was quite particular about his coffee. It is claimed that he counted out exactly 60 coffee beans for each cup that he drank.

¥ The longest mountain range on Earth is located underwater -- in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, to be specific. It’s nearly 25,000 miles long, and the only part of it that’s above water is the nation of Iceland.

¥ If you are an American of a certain age, you almost certainly spent time watching the 1960s sitcom “I Dream of Jeannie.” The iconic bottle where the genie lived wasn’t actually created for the show; the set dressers used a Jim Beam holiday decanter from 1964.***Thought for the Day: “It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.” -- Mark Twain

Answers1. Chris Bosio, in 1993 versus Boston.2. Barry Bonds, in 1990 for Pittsburgh (52 stolen bases, 114 RBIs).3. Al Brosky of the University of Illinois (15 games -- 1950-52).4. Allen Iverson averaged 33 points per game in the 2005-06 season.5. Four, with the last being in the 1985-86 season.6. Sara Christian was fifth in a race in 1949.7. Croatia, in 2005.

Answers1. Annapolis, Md.2. U.S. Catholic archbishop3. Quanta4. Pine Valley5. Upton Sinclair6. Derek and the Domi-noes7. Charles I8. Krypto9. William10. 1965

CANADIANCELEBRITIES(continued):

• Television viewers first saw him as a youngdoctor in his six-year stint on the hospital drama “St.Elsewhere.”Today,HowieMandelispopularasthehostof“DealorNoDeal,”boththeU.S.and Canadian versions. This Toronto native is a distant cousin to violinist Itzhak Perlman. He suffers from mysophobia, an irrational fear of germs, and finds it impossible to shake hands with his game show contestants without latex glovesandpreferstoshare“fistpounds.”Mandelalso has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In 2009, he released his autobiography entitled “Here’s the Deal: Don’t Touch Me.”

•Althoughbestknownforhishostingof“Jeopardy!,”Ontario-born Alex Trebek actually started his television career as a newscaster for the CBC following graduation from the University of Ottawa. Trebek made history in 1991, when he became the only host to moderate three dailyU.S.gameshowsatonce—“Jeopardy!,”“ClassicConcentration”and“ToTelltheTruth.”

• Yet another Canadian hosted a well-known game show for many years, offering contestantsthechoiceofDoorNo.1,No.2orNo.3.MonteHalperin,betterknownasMontyHall,beganhosting“Let’sMakeaDeal”in1963.Hall is a graduate of the University of Manitoba with a degree in chemistry and zoology.

•WhatdoCanadiansingersAvrilLavigneandGordon Lightfoot have in common? Bothsang in church choirs in their native Ontario before making it big in the music industry.

• NovaScotianativeSarahMcLachlan startedplaying musical instruments at age 5, beginning with the ukulele. Her debut album came at age 20, and she has sold over 40 million recordings in the 22 years since.

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